Brandon votes on liquor sales today

9:06 PM,
Aug. 19, 2013

Signs along South College Street and elswhere in Brandon show the division between those for and against a proposed referendum to allow liquor sales in the city. Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the issue.

Written by

Dustin Barnes
The Clarion-Ledger

Brandon residents will be pouring into City Hall today, ready to cast a ballot supporting or opposing the sale of liquor in their long-dry city limits.

It's been more than a year since a state law altered how liquor could flow into some of the state's dry cities. That's more than a year since Brandon residents have pondered the pros and cons of being the last county seat in the metro area that prohibits liquor sales.

Both sides of the argument are ready to settle the debate, if for none other than the next five years, which is the soonest the city could vote on the issue again according to state law. ...